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Ten years ago, horror director Alfred Costella (Vinny Curran) destroyed
his reputation and career when he totally lost his shit on Willy Wilson's
(Bill Oberst jr) show. But over the years, he has gained a sort of cult
following, so much so that he has decided to make one last money, mostly
financed by his own money. And for this movie he has hired a skeleton
documentary crew, camguy and interviewer Calvin (Ian Tripp) and his
soundguy Mark (Joshua Wyble) to do the making-of, having chosen them
specifically as they tend to go where it hurts. At first the shoot seems
like nothing special, Costella acts like an egotistical asshole who
doesn't shy away from humiliating his actors - in one scene spraying his
leading lady Allison (Iliyana Apostolova) with actual pig's blood -, his
moderately talented leading man Theo (Seton Edgerton) proves to be the
perfect diva, Costella's PA Grant (Brendan Cahalan) proves to be
over-protective and under-critical when it comes to his boss, and leading
lady Allison's nerves are often tested to the limits and beyond - so a
pretty normal film shoot. It's only when after his death scene leading man
Theo just disappears that it dawns upon our documentarists that the
film-within-the-film's title "Everybody Dies by the End" might
be somewhat more prophetic than they could have wished for ... Frankly,
based on its title and its set-up, it's not too hard to figure out where
this movie is heading - and one certainly won't be disappointed. And yet, Everybody
Dies by the End is a wildly entertaining movie, basically because by
giving away its game it's freed from working solely towards a reveal and
instead concentrates on telling an engaging story, a story that's a blend
of showbusiness satire, character study, and of course horror, all rolled
into a mockumentary context - and thanks to a clever script, a genre
savvy-direction and a mix of relatable characters and hilarious
caricatures played by a competent cast, this has turned out to be a pretty
enjoyable genre ride.
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